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Night photograph of a man in a white and grey long-sleeved jacket printed with repeating Om symbols and circular motifs, with dark trousers and a short orange tassel hanging from his waist. He holds a sparkler and swings it in a bright circular arc, throwing off showers of golden sparks around his body. The background is dark with blurred foliage and a metal post.

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Night photograph of a barefoot man in a long-sleeved white shirt with a dark paisley-like print and dark trousers, holding a sparkler that traces a bright arc of sparks across the dusty ground. Behind him a loose group of people stands watching under strings of multicoloured lights and a bright floodlight, with a metal pot and a green hose at left. Trees and flags are faintly visible in the background.2016-11-03November 03 20162016-11-03Night scene on an open ground at a festival. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing a white patterned long-sleeved shirt and dark navy trousers, holds a sparkler that traces a bright looping arc of white sparks. Behind him, two or three blurred figures stand on the grass near a line of multicoloured red, green and blue fairy lights strung across the background. Scattered debris lies on the ground. No recognisable a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance here, so the figure is described only by clothing and action.2016-11-03Night photograph of a person in a light patterned long-sleeved top and dark trousers, bent forward on a dark dirt ground, holding a sparkler that traces bright looping white-gold light trails through the frame. Behind them, a strand of multicoloured red, green and blue fairy lights runs across the dark horizon, and a few blurred people stand in the distance, one wearing a backpack. Scattered sparks streak across the image.2016-11-03November 03 20162016-11-03A man in a white kurta with a short-cropped head and a small red tilak on his forehead holds two lit sparklers, one in each hand, against a dark night background. Sparks fly and white smoke drifts around him. Blurred green and blue lights hang at the top of the frame. He wears a small rudraksha mala at his neck.2016-11-03Night photograph of a man in a white kurta over grey trousers holding a lit sparkler that throws bright sparks upward, a Deepavali-style celebration outdoors. He smiles and stretches his left arm toward the light. The background shows a dark wall, foliage and a street lamp; the ground is a dirt path. No ritual fire, deity or ceremony is visible beyond the sparkler.2002-11-04Night photograph of a smiling man in a white kurta and grey trousers holding sparklers at Bidadi ashram grounds. He raises one sparkler high in his right hand while another burns on the ground near his feet, with dark trees and a low white wall behind him. Scattered debris and spent fireworks litter the ground.2002-11-04Night photograph, blurred and dark, of several people holding sparklers and fireworks outdoors. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl holds a bright sparkler, while a person to the left in white clothes and an orange shawl holds another sparkler. Bursting sparks and glowing light trails fill the frame, with more figures in pale and orange garments in the background and at the right edge, celebrating Deepavali fireworks.2006-10-21Night photograph of a Deepavali firework display on open ground. A bright fountain of sparks erupts on the right, lighting a crouched figure in white clothes who is tending a firework on the ground. Smaller sparks and smoke drift across the dark scene, and another faint figure stands at the left edge. Scattered firework sparks and a small lit fuse are visible near the ground.2006-10-21October 26 20112011-10-26January 01 20092009-01-01